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G Major Guitar Chord Chart- Open Position
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G Major Guitar Chord Chart- Open Position

by Jay Skyler

Guitar Lesson Summary & Chart Explanation

Harmonized Scale of G Major
Open Chord Forms

Open Guitar Chord
Forms in this Chart:

  • G Major Chord (G)
  • A Minor Chord (A- or Am)
  • B minor Chord (E- or Em)
  • C Major Chord (C)
  • D Dominant Seventh Chord (D7)
  • E minor Chord (E- or Em)
  • F# Half-Diminished Chord (F#Ø or Fmin75)
[Key to Symbols]

C Major
C Pentatonic Major

Beginner Guitar Chords?

These are are absolutely essential chord forms for beginners! They are, in fact, essential chords for players of all levels. Most players use them like crazy when starting out, avoid them like the plague in favor of "fancier chords" in the intermediate stage, and use them like crazy as an advanced player because, the open chords really are some of the best sounding chords out there.

To be brutally honest, until you learn to play these, you suck on guitar.

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